Evidence based practice - dementia
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A paper which looks at the use of evidence based practice in treatment and management of dementia, with reference to the implementation of research in order to develop best practice. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLdemen.rtf

Examination of Beneficence/For the Patient's Good
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A 20 page book review that summarizes and analyzes For the Patient's Good, The Restoration of Beneficence in Health Care by Edmund D. Pellegrino and David Thomasma. The writer first introduces the text, then offers a detailed summation of the arguments presented in the three section of the book. This is followed by the writer's evaluation and conclusions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfpsgd.rtf

Factors Influencing Organ Donation Among African Americans
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A 6 page overview of the Catch 22 situation which exists among black Americans regarding the need for transplant organs and their own reluctance to donate those organs. Addresses the concerns which exist in regard to organ donation and the steps which can be taken to overcome those concerns. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPorganD.wps

Fadiman/Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
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A 5 page research paper/essay that discusses the many lessons that can be learned from Anne Fadiman’s 1997 book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, which is a detailed case study of a Hmong child and the way that a lack of cultural competence affected her care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khfadhmg.rtf

Family Attendance in Emergency Medical Situations
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A 5 page discussion of the ethical and medical reasons for either allowing or excluding family members during certain emergency medical situations. Emphasizes that the decision as to whether or not to allow family member attendance is really dependent on the family and the patient. While some family members obviously provide a needed support structure for the patient, and thus are beneficial in terms of their overall welfare; other family members can be more of a liability or interference in certain medical situations. Assessing which category a family member falls into becomes the responsibility of medical personnel. In no event, however, should a family member be isolated from a patient simply based on blanket organizational policy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPmedFam.wps

Fetal Rights
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This 3 page paper discusses whether or not the origin of a fetus (rape) has any bearing on that fetus's right to life. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVFetal.rtf

Frankenstein and Achebe
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A 7-page treatise answering the question of how Viktor Frankenstein and his creature came to resemble each other over the course of the book; and how Achebe treated his white characters as opposed to his black ones in Things Fall Apart. Lists 2 sources.
Filename: khfrthi.rtf

Gene Therapy Research Proposal
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A 3 page paper presenting a research proposal with the purpose of evaluating methods of introducing germline - i.e., inheritable - genes in human subjects. The intended approach will be to replicate specific methods gained from the literature, evaluating each for their adaptability to universal application. The American Association. for the Advancement of Science recommends that ethical issues be resolved first, but it also notes that current methods are inefficient. Universally applicable methods need to be available before the ethical questions are resolved. Much of the funding for research has been from the private sector, pharmaceutical companies looking toward the profit that is certain to be substantial. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSgeneThRes.wps

Genetic Engineering: Ethics
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3 pages in length. The list of options was rather long as the couple sat in the waiting room filling out their paperwork. There for their first in vitro fertilization procedure, they were faced with a number of choices pertaining to the baby they would eventually create: sex - female; hair color - blond; eyes - green; height - 5'7"; body type - athletic; I.Q. - 125; aptitude - music and law. Testing for specific diseases had all but weeded out life-threatening syndromes and socially unacceptable conditions that guaranteed they would make a healthy baby - and if not then they would simply abort it - so all that was left for aspiring parents to think about was what psychological and physiological traits they wanted their perfect child to have. Is this merely the plot of a bestselling science fiction novel? Not anymore given the progress scientific advancement has rendered in the recent past. If genetic engineering continues down the path it currently follows, there will be grave consequences to pay for manipulating man's natural methods of reproduction. No bibliography.
Filename: TLCGeneEng.rtf

Genetic Testing and the Law
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A 15 page research paper that examines the law concerning genetic testing and whether or not health insurers can use test results that show that an individual has a genetic tendency towards a disease as grounds for canceling or not providing coverage. The writer particularly focuses on the comprehensive law enacted by the state of New Jersey. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: 99genlaw.rtf

Genetic Testing for Congenital Anomalies
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This 5 page paper discusses several different aspects of genetic testing, including who are candidates for screening, discrimination, costs, privacy issues, clinical issues for mutation carriers and ethical and social considerations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: HVGenTst.rtf

Global Competition, U.S. Economy, Euthanasia, Bioethics, and Healthcare Policies
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In nine pages this paper examines the impact of global competition on the U.S. economy and healthcare policies with subcategories including the accepted practice of euthanasia in Europe, but not in the United States; how this impacts America’s economy and healthcare options; how the U.S. should handle telemedicine implications for clinicians in terms of licensing and liability issues across state and national borders; ethical dilemmas in biomedical research, e-health, information technology, and telemedicine with key global health medical issues discussed; and also contrasts current international health policy issues. Eight sources are listed in the bibliography.
Filename: TGeuthecon.rtf

Health Care Legalities and Ethics
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A 12 page paper discussing a case in which an emergency room nurse turned away a patient delivered by ambulance. The receiving hospital is a private, for-profit organization, and the patient had no job, no funds and no insurance. The patient was suffering from an apparent broken leg after injuring it playing tennis on a city-owned court. When asked how he intended to pay the hospital’s bill, the patient replied that he would sue the city for the funds. The nurse determined that there were no serious injuries present and that the patient was stable, and then instructed the ambulance crew to transport the patient to a public facility. The paper identifies the facts of the case, then reviews legal, moral and economic issues of the case before concluding with a proposed corporate statement addressing future occurrences. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KShlthCareLegal.rtf

Health Care Rationing
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A 7 page consideration of the ethical impacts of health care rationing. The author asserts that a combination of our longer life spans and more and more elaborate and expensive medical technology has resulted in stressed health care resources. Patients clamor for optimized care and the medical profession and our political system struggle with how to provide for the most people without a sacrifice of the quality or equability of care. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPmedRtn.rtf

Health Questions and Answers
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A 5 page paper which addresses 7 different health industry quotations with answers in regards to possible questions that might arise. Issues such as physician's involvement in HMOs, ethics, gatekeeping, test rationing, and ethical concerns. Bibliography lists 3 sources. RAhlthq&a.wps
Filename: RAhlthq&a.wps

Hippocratic Oath
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This 3-page paper discusses whether or not the Hippocratic Oath encourages medical paternalism or patient autonomy; it finds that the Oath does encourage paternalism and suggests a way to begin revising it to encourage patient autonomy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: HVHippo.rtf

HIV/AIDS Patients and Suicide
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This 18 page report discusses the many issues associated with suicide and people with HIV/AIDS. The disease has raised numerous issues such as access to care, prevention, cost of treatment, drug therapy and much more. Not surprisingly, it has also intensified the debate regarding right to die, physician assisted suicide, and the moral issues associated with suicide. As people are forced to live with a disease that slowly but surely robs them of all strength and any measure of personal dignity, many have made the decision not to endure that process or cause their loved ones to have to experience it with them. The impact of the loss of personal autonomy, the emotional and physical suffering, and the related care issues are presented in terms of both AIDS patients and their caregivers. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BWsuiaid.rtf